Showboat Plans East Lynne In Style From 1863
Showboat Rhododendron will stage East Lynne in period style with a 2 pm Saturday matinee and a Sunday matinee, extending to June 19 before a St. Albans stand. Cole man and Chris Bingham Jr. lead a production mixing serious drama with popular repertory. A 31 minute Salem College adaptation of John Brown’s Body will precede the showings.
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William 8. E. Coleman
St. Albans
Salem College
Stephen Vincent Benet
John Brown
Coleman
Kanawha River
Shakespeare
Goethe
Cave
Glenville State College
East Lynne
Henry Wood
Chris Bingham Jr
Methodist Conference Admits 26 Ministers in Buckhannon
In Buckhannon the West Virginia Annual Conference of the Methodist Church admitted 26 ministers to full connection at the 26th united session. Twenty ministers were received on trial as Bishop Fred G. Hollaway led a special service with questions and guidance.
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Buckhannon
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
United
Fred G. Hollaway
Fifteen Methodist ministers retire at Buckhannon conference
Fifteen pastors retire during the 25th united annual conference of the Methodist Church in Buckhannon. The service featured addresses recalling early assignments and hardships such as floods and fires, with many speakers traveling by horseback.
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Buckhannon
United Annual Conference of the Methodist Church
Entry Deadline Set for Harpers Ferry Art Festival
Harpers Ferry hosts the ninth annual art festival June 22 23 at Hilltop House with prizes including two 50 dollar awards and engraved plaques. About 300 artists from Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia Washington and West Virginia expected to submit. Foreign entries through Washington embassies for the first time. Oils pastels drawings watercolors and caseins welcome. framed with wires. watercolors under glass. Awards luncheon at 1 p.m. June 22. Further details from Hilltop House.
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Harpers Ferry
Historc
Panhandle
Hillinp House
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Hilltop House
Byrd Earns Law Degree After Night School Effort
Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia received a bachelor of laws degree from American University in a ceremony where President Kennedy noted Byrd earned his degree after ten years of night study between public service. Kennedy also received an honorary doctor of civil law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Robert
Byrd
D-W.va
Kennedy
House
Senate
Kay to Serve As Law Clerk
John T. Kay Jr. of Charleston, WVU College of Law graduate, will replace W. Warren Upton as law clerk to Federal Judge John A. Field Jr. He is among 53 graduates presented to the West Virginia Supreme Court. Kay and his wife expect their second child this month.
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Kay
John T. Kay Jr
Charleston
West Virginia University College of Law
W. Warren Upton
John A. Field Jr
Upton
McClintic, James, Wise and Robinson
West Virginia State Supreme Court of Appeals
Charleston High School
WVU
J. Kay
Paurel Rd
Charleston Section 2 Highlights June 11 1963
Local page from Charleston West Virginia dated Tuesday June 11 1963 presents brief items from Section 2. Coverage includes community notices sports standings and society notes with names places and events typical of a midweek edition.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Robertson seeks dismissal again in WV reapportionment suit
West Virginia Atty Gen C Donald Robertson moved for a second time to dismiss a federal case challenging the state legislature's apportionment. He says federal courts lack jurisdiction until state remedies are exhausted and that the Kanawha County suit lacks a specific constitutional violation. The action, filed last October, names Gov Barron and other state officials plus intervening House delegates from small counties.
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Associated Press
C. Donald Robertson
West
Ginia Legislature
Robertson
Kanawha
U.S
Senate
House
Gov. Barron
Howard Carson
Julius W. Singleton Jr
Joe F. Burdett
Doddridge
Wirt
House of Delegates
Ritchie
Pleasants
City Approves 600000 Bond for Incinerator Project
City council authorizes construction of a 1.1 million incinerator and issues 600000 in revenue bonds to fund the city's share. Mayor Shanklin may purchase the Slack Street site for 32900. A June 24 public hearing on bonds and rates is set. The Accelerated Public Works Act funding and planning commission appointments are noted.
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Ry Thomas A. Knight
Shanklin
Slack Street
Twilight Drive
Pfaff and Smith Builders Supply Co
William Mohler
Charleston
Cinerator Construction City Council
Elmer Dodson
Serrch
Mohler
Dodson
Municipal Planning Commission
Council
James D. Ireland
Finance Committee
John M. Wells
Civic Center
Wells
Civic Center Board of Directors
Parkersburg
William A. Fagal
West Virginia
Fagal
False Alarm Charged To City Man
Raymond Jeffers, 41, of 1806 Piedmont Rd., was arrested for turning in a false police alarm via short wave radio claiming an officer was in trouble at a West Side drive in. A funeral home reported the alarm and police rushed to the scene nearly risking harm. Jeffers was arrested and ordered to appear in court on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Jeffers
Piedmont Rd
Jeffers
West Side
Robert J E. Easley
W. W. Wallace
Fire Calls Report From Monday Across City
At 8:08 a.m. on Washington Street the grease on a stove caused a small fire with $5 damage. At 12:47 p.m. on Magnolia Street and Second Avenue an overloaded washing machine triggered a laundry outage, plug pulled. At 2:56 p.m. on Bigley Avenue a ground assistance call occurred at Flaytrail.
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Washington SL
Magnolia Street
Second Avenue
Bigley Avenue
Flaytrail
Injured South Charleston worker listed in fair condition
Clyde E. Starcaer, 20, of 5309 Kentucky Ave., South Charleston, was injured at Sears Service Center when a tire ring blew off a wheel. He suffered skull fractures and a severe scalp laceration, was initially in critical condition, underwent surgery, and was listed in fair condition at Charleston General Hospital Monday night. A Cunningham ambulance carried him to the hospital.
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South Charleston
Sears Service Center
Charleston General Hospital
Clyde E. Starcaer
Kentucky Ave
Sears
Starcher
Cunningham
Four suits seek $272000 in joint Conm Pleas trial
A Monday start in Con m Pleas Court opened a joint trial seeking $272000 in damages from four plaintiffs all from the Clendenin area and the amennta. Plaintiffs James Shamblin $150000 Danny Shafer $62000 Larry D Gander $50000 and Jack L Sweeny $10000 allege injuries from a June 23 1962 crash on US 60 near South Charleston. Defendants reduced to two Allie Lee Greathouse Elkview and William Duty Union City NJ. Duty allegedly drove the car that caused the truck to cross the island.
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Conmén Pleas Court
Clendenin
Amennta
James Shamblin
Danny Shafer
Larry D. Gander
Jack L. Sweeny
Shafer
U. S. 60
South Charleston
Allie Lee Greathouse
Elkview
William Duty
Union City
N. J
Three Car Collision Hurts One in Dune
A three car crash on Fairmont Avenue and Dutch Hollow Road in Dune injured George W. Craven and Dewey Lanham, with Donald R. Garrett charged with failure to maintain control. Craven, Lanham and another driver were treated at Thomas Memorial Hospital. Larry Null also received care for a cut arm.
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Dune
Thomas Memorial Hospital
George W. Craven
Huntington
L. E. Wallace
Donald R. Garrett
Virginia Ave
Dunbhar
Wallace
Garrett
Craven
Dewey Lanham
Lanham
Fairmont Avenue J
Dutch Hollow Road
Thomas Memorial
Larry Null
Hopewell Drive
Charleston
Three Kanawha County teens charged in motor scooter theft
State police arrested three Kanawha County youths two aged 16 and one aged 14 and certified them to Juvenile Court on grand larceny charges. They admitted taking the motor scooter, driving it around, then throwing it into a water filled mine shaft near their home.
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Kanawha County
I. J. Greathouse
Chelyan Detachment
al Cinco
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Danforth
Coleman Hoges
Tadiama
Minnesota
Montgomery
William
E. Coleman
Union Build
Methodist Conference
C. R. Bright
Harrisville
Chelsea H. Kelley
Central Church
I. Middaug
Diamond Street
Fairmont
Ottie C. Mitchell
Mount Olive - Hops
Wheeling
Harry Myerly
Barboursville
Charles William Pugh
Summersville
Paul L.redfearn
Elmer E. Suite
Monongah
John L. Wolfe
Th. S. McClung
First Church
Glenn W. Stewart
Beckley
S. Wayne McQuain
Mount Moriah
Willie S. Fiber
Smithfield
L. C. Morris
Sandyville
T. Dwight Dickinson
Mast River
Princeton
Willis Edwin Bradley
Mount Pleasant
Grafton
Ronda
Carl Browning
Strange Creek
Russell Dale Childers
Beverly Hill
David Keith Clarke
Mount Juliet
Belle
Charles Lindberg Daniels
Beverly
Wayne Poe Daugherty
First Church of
Philippi
Charles Eaton Jr
Rockport
William Marvin Freed
Vaught Chapel
Walker
John Quinn Geiger Jr
Knotts Memorial
Lowell Edward Keeney
Glasgow
James Milton Kerr
Westover
Morgantown
Harry Randolph Kidd Jr
Grace Methodist
Bluefield
John Allen Mason
Coal Fork
Robert Edward Maynard
Nibert’ Memorial
Logan
Clarence Albert McCloud
Mount Clare
Clarksburg
William Calvin McCutcheon
Reedy
McCutcheon’s
Bland Street
Graham Robertson
Kellysville
Raymond Marquess Rower
Stealey Heights
Paul H. Smith
Emmanuel
Nellie Lee Williams
St. John’s
Hughilyn Ovid Wilson
St. Meeks
Edwin A. Smith
Edsel Aliff
Sun Hill
Clearfork
Kenneth Ambrose
Richwood
John A. Barnes
Ayde Park
Cincinnati
James David Clark
Christ Church
Donald D. Coleman
Walker Chapel
Robert Florian
Salem
Richard Holliday
John F. Price
Athens
Wiliam H. Price
Hinton
Benjamin F. Roush
Fourth Street
John A. Sanders
First Methodist
Keyser
Robert Shields
Clover Lick
Samuel E. Starling Jr
St. Paul's
William Slates
Christ Methodist
Weirton
Joseph N. Geiger
George P. Kirk
Herbert Parker
Wesleyan College
Herman Ross
Stouts Memorial
Edward J. Stout
William D. Miller
Adams. Mass
D. D. Kilham
Charleston Gazette
Rock Lake
Adventist Meeting
du Pont High School
Thomas H. White
Larry Brown
Patricia Tate
Allen
Greathouse
Duty
Island
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